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13. Duran Duran (“A View to a Kill”)
14. Sirhan Sirhan
15.
New York, New York
16. A yo-yo
17.
Liar Liar
18. Baden-Baden
19.
Lulu
20. “Bling bling”
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
1. The Delmarva Peninsula
2. The Kamchatka Peninsula
3. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
4. The Yucatán Peninsula
5. The Crimea
JANUARY 12
JUST FOLK
1. The Jordan River
2. Pete Seeger
3. Chelsea Clinton (“Chelsea Morning”)
4. “Come by here”
5. Ione Skye
MANY ARE COLD, BUT FEW ARE FROZEN
1. -40°
2. Scrat
3. Fish
4. Frank Zamboni
5. Body Count
6. Geyser
7. Thanksgiving
8. Carbon dioxide
9. Brian Boitano
10. Stalingrad
THEY SPY
1. B (
24
)
2. D (
Alias
)
3. C (
Mission: Impossible
)
4. A (
Get Smart
)
5. E (
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
)
JANUARY 13
ACTUALLY, IT
IS
ROCKET SCIENCE
1. Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
2. The Atlas
3. Roswell, New Mexico
4. V-2s
5. Thrust
COVER TO COVER
1. “Venus”
2. “The Loco-Motion”
3. “I’ll Be There”
4. “Lean on Me”
5. “Go Away Little Girl”
6. “Lady Marmalade”
7. “When a Man Loves a Woman”
8. “Please Mr. Postman”
9. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
10. Gerry Goffin and Carole King (“Go Away Little Girl” and “The Loco-Motion”)
WE ARE NOT A MUSE
Easy
1. James Cameron
2. Steven Spielberg
3. Kenneth Branagh
4. Vincente Minnelli
5. Paul Newman
Harder
1. Joel Coen
2. Roberto Rossellini
3. Roger Vadim
4. Guy Ritchie
5. Renny Harlin
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Federico Fellini
2. Atom Egoyan
3. Jean-Luc Godard
4. John Cassavetes
5. Brian De Palma
JANUARY 14
SURELY TEMPLES
1. Kali
2. Angkor Wat
3. Temple prostitute
4. STP Motor Oil
5. Jim Jones
6. The Temple to Artemis (or Diana) at Ephesus
7. Coruscant
8. Salt Lake City
9.
You Bet Your Life
(starring Temple grad Bill Cosby)
10. The Dome of the Rock
CREATURE FEATURES
Easy
1. Pig
2. Horse
3. Clownfish
4. Ape or gorilla
Harder
1. Leopard
2. Deer
3. Oliver was a cat
4. Rat
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Parrot (played by a conure)
2. Orangutan
3. Seal (played by a sea lion)
4. Ants
ALL STARSTRUCK
1. Gordie Howe
2. The Cincinnati Reds
3. Larry Nance
4. The Hula Bowl
5. LeBron James
JANUARY 15
COVERING YOUR ASS
1.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2.
Shrek 2
3. Palm Sunday
4. A jenny
5. Kornfield Kounty
SUGAR SUGAR
1. Condoleezza (
con dolcezza
) Rice
2. Bucket
3. The Louisiana Superdome
4. Milk Duds
5. Altamont
6. Banana
7. The pancreas
8. Boxing
9. Ernie
10. “A Spoonful of Sugar”
SCRAMBLED TV
Easy
1.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2.
Little House on the Prairie
3.
Felicity
4.
Just Shoot Me
5.
Monday Night Football
Harder
1.
Sex and the City
2.
American Idol
3.
Desperate Housewives
4.
Touched by an Angel
5.
America’s Next Top Model
Yeah, Good Luck
1.
Grey’s Anatomy
2.
The Apprentice
3.
Three’s Company
4.
The Prisoner
5.
Charlie’s Angels
JANUARY 16
ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE
1. Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
2. Madame (Marie) Tussaud
3. North America
4. Ellery Queen
5. Royal jelly
6. Queen’s Freddie Mercury
7. Jamaica Bay
8. Ali MacGraw
9. Prince Valiant
10. The pope
NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT
Easy
1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Christina Aguilera
4. Miles Davis
5. Prince
Harder
1. Nine Inch Nails
2. Cream
3. Bob Dylan
4. The Foo Fighters
5. Genesis
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Wilco
2. Sonic Youth
3. XTC
4. Frank Zappa
5. Yes
A SHOT IN THE ARM(ENIAN)
1. Jack Kevorkian
2. Garo Yepremian’s
3. Ken Davitian
4. Eric Bogosian
5. George Deukmejian
JANUARY 17
SONGS OF THE SOUTH
1.
Aurora australis
2. Eric
3. Colombia
4. Peach (though it also contains orange)
5. Windsor, Ontario
6. The Ewings (
Dallas
)
7. The Indianapolis Colts
8. Crunk
9. The Republican Party
10. São
13. Duran Duran (“A View to a Kill”)
14. Sirhan Sirhan
15.
New York, New York
16. A yo-yo
17.
Liar Liar
18. Baden-Baden
19.
Lulu
20. “Bling bling”
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
1. The Delmarva Peninsula
2. The Kamchatka Peninsula
3. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
4. The Yucatán Peninsula
5. The Crimea
JANUARY 12
JUST FOLK
1. The Jordan River
2. Pete Seeger
3. Chelsea Clinton (“Chelsea Morning”)
4. “Come by here”
5. Ione Skye
MANY ARE COLD, BUT FEW ARE FROZEN
1. -40°
2. Scrat
3. Fish
4. Frank Zamboni
5. Body Count
6. Geyser
7. Thanksgiving
8. Carbon dioxide
9. Brian Boitano
10. Stalingrad
THEY SPY
1. B (
24
)
2. D (
Alias
)
3. C (
Mission: Impossible
)
4. A (
Get Smart
)
5. E (
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
)
JANUARY 13
ACTUALLY, IT
IS
ROCKET SCIENCE
1. Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
2. The Atlas
3. Roswell, New Mexico
4. V-2s
5. Thrust
COVER TO COVER
1. “Venus”
2. “The Loco-Motion”
3. “I’ll Be There”
4. “Lean on Me”
5. “Go Away Little Girl”
6. “Lady Marmalade”
7. “When a Man Loves a Woman”
8. “Please Mr. Postman”
9. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
10. Gerry Goffin and Carole King (“Go Away Little Girl” and “The Loco-Motion”)
WE ARE NOT A MUSE
Easy
1. James Cameron
2. Steven Spielberg
3. Kenneth Branagh
4. Vincente Minnelli
5. Paul Newman
Harder
1. Joel Coen
2. Roberto Rossellini
3. Roger Vadim
4. Guy Ritchie
5. Renny Harlin
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Federico Fellini
2. Atom Egoyan
3. Jean-Luc Godard
4. John Cassavetes
5. Brian De Palma
JANUARY 14
SURELY TEMPLES
1. Kali
2. Angkor Wat
3. Temple prostitute
4. STP Motor Oil
5. Jim Jones
6. The Temple to Artemis (or Diana) at Ephesus
7. Coruscant
8. Salt Lake City
9.
You Bet Your Life
(starring Temple grad Bill Cosby)
10. The Dome of the Rock
CREATURE FEATURES
Easy
1. Pig
2. Horse
3. Clownfish
4. Ape or gorilla
Harder
1. Leopard
2. Deer
3. Oliver was a cat
4. Rat
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Parrot (played by a conure)
2. Orangutan
3. Seal (played by a sea lion)
4. Ants
ALL STARSTRUCK
1. Gordie Howe
2. The Cincinnati Reds
3. Larry Nance
4. The Hula Bowl
5. LeBron James
JANUARY 15
COVERING YOUR ASS
1.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2.
Shrek 2
3. Palm Sunday
4. A jenny
5. Kornfield Kounty
SUGAR SUGAR
1. Condoleezza (
con dolcezza
) Rice
2. Bucket
3. The Louisiana Superdome
4. Milk Duds
5. Altamont
6. Banana
7. The pancreas
8. Boxing
9. Ernie
10. “A Spoonful of Sugar”
SCRAMBLED TV
Easy
1.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2.
Little House on the Prairie
3.
Felicity
4.
Just Shoot Me
5.
Monday Night Football
Harder
1.
Sex and the City
2.
American Idol
3.
Desperate Housewives
4.
Touched by an Angel
5.
America’s Next Top Model
Yeah, Good Luck
1.
Grey’s Anatomy
2.
The Apprentice
3.
Three’s Company
4.
The Prisoner
5.
Charlie’s Angels
JANUARY 16
ON HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE
1. Queen Isabella I (on a Columbus anniversary stamp)
2. Madame (Marie) Tussaud
3. North America
4. Ellery Queen
5. Royal jelly
6. Queen’s Freddie Mercury
7. Jamaica Bay
8. Ali MacGraw
9. Prince Valiant
10. The pope
NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT
Easy
1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Christina Aguilera
4. Miles Davis
5. Prince
Harder
1. Nine Inch Nails
2. Cream
3. Bob Dylan
4. The Foo Fighters
5. Genesis
Yeah, Good Luck
1. Wilco
2. Sonic Youth
3. XTC
4. Frank Zappa
5. Yes
A SHOT IN THE ARM(ENIAN)
1. Jack Kevorkian
2. Garo Yepremian’s
3. Ken Davitian
4. Eric Bogosian
5. George Deukmejian
JANUARY 17
SONGS OF THE SOUTH
1.
Aurora australis
2. Eric
3. Colombia
4. Peach (though it also contains orange)
5. Windsor, Ontario
6. The Ewings (
Dallas
)
7. The Indianapolis Colts
8. Crunk
9. The Republican Party
10. São
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